We were caught in the big quake with missing staff

AFAD personnel were insufficient in the earthquake that caused great destruction in the region, the look was turned to the number of AFAD personnel. AFAD has a total of 5,984 officials in its central and provincial directorates. There are 540 permanent and 137 temporary officials in the central AFAD organization. There are 5,307 officials in the provincial organizations. 14 senior managers among the staff of the Presidency; 127 experts, AFAD experts; 116 officers; 61 technicians, technicians, librarians; There are 141 engineers, architects, urban planners and 151 workers. Search and rescue of the presidency
There is no technician.

NO MANAGER

The total number of search and rescue technicians throughout the institution is 1,796. It is indicated that the number of personnel that should be required is 2 thousand 150. A similar situation exists in the personnel of the Unit Management and Search and Rescue of Disasters and Emergencies. Normally, there should be 16 managers, but there is 1 manager in the institution.

Staff Shortage Confession

In the data from the 2021 annual report, which is the last AFAD report published in 2022, the institution criticized itself. AFAD affirmed that among the articles titled “our weaknesses” there is “the need to increase the staff”.